Anchor for check-row wires.



No. 727,131. i PATBNTED MAY 5,1903.

F.HAAGK. V. ANCHOR FOR CHECK ROW. WIRES.

APPLIOATION'IILBD' saw. 6, 1902.

NO MODEL.

QQKJM NITED STAT S Patented May 5, 1903.

FRANK HAACK, OF RAOINE, MINNESOTA.

ANCHOR FOR CHECK-ROW WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,131, dated May 5, 1903. Application filed September 6, 1902 Serial No. 122,408. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK HAAOK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Racine, in the county of Mower, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchors for Check-Row Wires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to anchors for checkrow planters, and more particularly to those in which the wire is allowed freedom of movement to compensate for the deviation of the planter from an absolutely straight course, the object being to allow the'machine to plant close to irregularities in fence and other obstructions which may occur in its course.

In the drawings forming a portion of the specification, in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the anchor in operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of two anchors at opposite sides of a field.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention consists ofa cylindrical bar or track 5, upon which the wire-carrying roller 10, hereinafter described, is adapted to move. To support the track 5, two uprights 7 are provided, composed, preferably, of bar-iron of a suitable thickness, the upper ends of which are provided with yokes 6, in which are pivoted the ends of the cylindrical track above referred to. The lower ends of the uprights are sharpened to facilitate sinking them into the ground, and the track is secured to the yokes by means of pivot-pins 8, passed through alining perforations in the track and yoke sides. The track may have any desired number of transverse perforations, so that the yokes may be connected thereto at dilferent points of the length of the track, but sufficiently near to the ends of the track to permit of rotation of the track on either pivot to pass the end of the track through the corresponding yoke.

To hold the uprights 7 firmly in the ground, they are each provided with an anchor 11 of inverted U shape, through the central or bight portion of which is a perforation in which the upright is slidably received, the depending end portions of the anchor being sharpened, as shown, so that it may be readily pressed into the earth. The anchors are provided with set-screws 12 to hold them in place upon the uprights. As a further means for holding the track in position picket-pins 15 are employed. Each of these pins consists of a bar of iron which is sharpened at one end, so that it may be readily forced into the ground, while the other end is bent laterally to form a handle, as shown, which may be grasped to Withdraw the pin from the ground. Slidably mounted on each of the pins is a bracket 16, having its upper face serrated, so that the farmer may place his foot thereon and force the pin into the ground. The brackets are held adj ustably upon the pins by set-screws 19, and each of the brackets has a section of chain attached thereto, said chains being also attached to the yokes at the upper ends of the uprights 7, as shown.

The roller 10, above referred to, has its periphery grooved, so that it will run upon the track 5, said roller being mounted on the axle 21, mounted in the spaced arms of a yoke 24:, which is disposed to straddle the track, and pivotally engaged with the web of the yoke is the stem of a hook 23, in the end of the bill of which is a notch or cleft 25.

In the use of the present device the uprights 7 are pressed into the ground at one end of a field, as are also the anchors 11, therebeing also a second similar device at the opposite end of the field. The picket-pins are then pressed into the ground, so that their chains will be taut and the track will withstand the strains applied thereto. The checking-wire is then stretched across the field or longitudinally of the field and is engaged in the notches of the two hooks 23, the knots in the wire preventing them from being withdrawn.

The planter is then moved along the checking-Wire, and the dropping mechanism is operated in the usual manner, the pulleys or rollers 10 being moved along the tracks 5 after each row planted until the rollers have reached the end of the track. One picket-pin is then raised from the ground, as also the adjacent upright 7, and the track is rotated in a vertical plane upon its pivotal connection with the yoke of the other upright and is lowered into active position, the upright and picket -pin being again engaged with the loo ground as before, but at the opposite side of the upright that was not moved. 7 After the next series of operations of the planter the upright which formerly remained stationary is withdrawn and the reversing operation is repeated.

It will be understood that in' practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and that anysuitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts.

What is claimed is- 1. A device of the class described comprising uprights having yokes at their upper ends, a track pivotally mounted in the yokes, a follower upon the track having means for connection of a checking-wire thereto, picketpins having brackets adjustably mounted 1 thereon and flexible connections between the uprights and the brackets of the picket-pins.

2. A device of the class described for checkrow planters comprising uprights having yokes at their upper ends, a track pivotally engaged in the yokes, a follower upon the track having means for connection of the checking-wire thereto, picket-pins having their upper ends turned laterally and having brackets below their upper ends, and chains connecting the bracketswith the yokes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK HAAOK.

Witnesses:

W. D. LooKWooD, O. F. GREENING. 

